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Title: Benjamin Helm Bristow to John H. Flogg, 20 December 1870

Date: December 20, 1870

Whitman Archive ID: nar.01562

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In reply to your letter of the 19th instant, I have to inform you that the opinion of the Attorney Gen'l as to the liability of the Pacific Railroad to pay interest on bonds, &c. has not been printed, and therefore it is not in my power to furnish the copies thereof asked for.